Saturday, December 4, 2010

Asia - 2008-03-09 - Wolverhampton


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  1. ASIA - 2008-03-09 Wolverhampton Civic Hall

    Tracklisting:
    101 Intro.flac
    102 Daylight.flac
    103 Only Time Will Tell.flac
    104 Wildest Dreams.flac
    105 Never Again.flac
    106 Roundabout.flac
    107 Time Again.flac
    108 Cutting It Fine Bolero.flac
    109 Clap.flac
    110 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes.flac
    111 Ride Easy.flac
    112 Voice Of America.flac
    113 Open Your Eyes.flac
    201 Fanfare For The Common Man.flac
    202 Without You.flac
    203 An Extraordinary Life.flac
    204 In The Court Of The Crimson King.flac
    205 Video Killed The Radio Star.flac
    206 The Heat Goes On.flac
    207 Drum Solo.flac
    208 Heat Of The Moment.flac

    Line-up:

    John Wetton: Bass, vocals, 12-string on tracks 10-12 (disc 1)
    Steve Howe: Guitars
    Geoff Downes: Keyboards, backing vocals, vocoder
    Carl Palmer: Drums, drums and more drums

    This was originally scheduled for 14th December at the smaller Wulfrun Hall, but was postponed for John to have his triple by-pass surgery (and Carl also had his angioplasty) - blimey these rockers and their lifestyles, eh? Doesn't it make you feel OLD!!

    In terms of the recording, I'm reasonably happy how it came out. Probably a little low on bass: but if you detect any hint of distortion on the higher mid-range (roughly around John's voice) that's how it was at the gig. The Civic Hall is a bit of a big empty room (felt about double the size of my old school's assembly hall) and was disappointingly underfilled (probably only half full - I'd guess there were probably 800-900 of us there) and I think it did make the sound a bit cavernous.

    Those of us who were there were very apppreciative, however. Excellent gig: in particular, Carl's drumming.

    Lineage: Sony MZ-R35 >> WAV and tracks using Goldwave >> TLH to FLAC

    Art included. Frustratingly I had battery problems with my camera, so wasn't able to take any pics.

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